You think Max wouldn't be penalized for that? I think he would cause its a normal penalty for not giving enough room when trying to pass on the outside, correct? (I'm not being sarcastic, just asking questions).
Printable View
That is not the point. The question is, was it a racing incident or not? It should not matter whether he is driving because Daddy's money bought the seat. If you leave the prejudice of his money out of it, ordinarily, was it a punishable incident?
My argument is that Stroll and anyone else should be allowed to stick their elbows out in a duel for position. He took the long way round, but managed to get his car ahead before the point of collision. The collision happened as he was taking the racing line with half a car length ahead. Norris could have backed off to avoid a collision but decided to make it very difficult for Stroll. It was clearly a racing incident.
He assumed Norris would back out .
Had he left a few feet more room , with Norris compromised on a tighter line forced to go slower , he would have been golden .
Of course , with Lando protecting the outside , the move should have been inside , unless Lance was assuming that Norris would lurch right at the last moment .
But , in order to get to the point of assuming that Lando goes right , you'd have to try to prompt it with a "dummy" to get him moving .
But , he didn't .
Instead , he went left , onto the curbs , and compromised his own grip on entry , so , despite being 18kms faster going in , he broke his front wing on Norris's car .
Two bad assumptions as I see it .
I like Lance , but , though he really impresses me sometimes , he also makes me shake my head other times .
He wasn't being a tool , like Max in practice , but it wasn't pretty .
I think you should watch it again. I have watched it a couple of times now and l don't see any reason to change my opinion. With DRS he arrive at Norris a such speed that he was forced to overtake on the outside. He had properly passed Norris but slowed down to turn into the chicane. But Norris decided to stick it into a fast closing space on the apex of the corner. I think it was a red mist moment for Norris, seeing the Racing Point suddenly darting through.
Watch it again l say.
I just watched the onboard of Kimi Raikonen's start. And l say, it was simply legendary. We shall be talking about this one for years to come. The most overtakes that anyone has ever done in an F1 car within two laps. sixteenth to sixth in a lap and half. DOUBLE WOW!